Elephants are powerfully strong and can be fierce with their impressive tusks, lions stalk and hunt with deadly precision, Grevy's zebras can kick hard enough to break a lion's jaw, but none of them can defeat a bullet.

Mali’s elephants, Africa’s northernmost herd and adapted to life in the country’s harsh desert, were in desperate need of protection. But it wasn’t only climate change endangering the elephants. It was also poachers. The Elephant Crisis Fund has been supporting on-the-ground efforts to save Mali's elephants. Learn more.

Wild animals have long captivated human imagination. Every single culture in history contains wildlife in its folklore, traditions, mythology, and art. From cave drawings to Aesop’s fables, our affinity with animals is so ancient and pervasive that it is virtually universal.

HITN, the leading Spanish-language network, announced a partnership with Wildlife Conservation Network (WCN), an organization that helps protect endangered species and their natural habitats, to include educational capsules on this topic as part of its programming.

It began with a prayer; a collective plea for safety and good luck. A group of conservationists from Save the Elephants (STE) readied themselves to tranquilize a 12,000-lb. elephant from a helicopter. It’s a tense experience requiring focus, teamwork, and cool heads. Once the elephant was darted and unconscious, the team—highly experienced, but still full of adrenaline—raced to the sleeping giant, slipped a large monitoring collar around her neck, then slowly revived her (while quickly getting out of her way).